CAYA; Auld Lang Syne . . . & One Last Gumbo!

Dear Lost Souls,

For Auld Lang Syne, 2013 we now put to bed

counting our blessing, for how we are loved and well fed,

safe in our homes, while still connected to kin

with an embarrassment of riches, the new year to begin

But before it's all over, for one final farewell

we gather together, our stories to tell,
to hoist a last toast, and most important of all,

a Gumbo to share, in the Haberdashery Hall!

Oh yes, my Old Acquaintances Ne'er Forgot! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. And in an extended celebration of the Christmas feast, we will be bridging the holidays with a cauldron of Duck & Andouille Gumbo. Bring you appetite, and come share in an abundance of accumulated good cheer . . . a toast to you and your fellow cosmonauts, as we celebrate another solar circumnavigation aboard this beautiful little blue marble . . . and the ride ain't over yet!

The Gumbo will be served at 6:30pm . . . an early start to extend the Holiday spirit. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary holiday ho ho hoedown . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to December 13th, 2001; CAYA; Old Lawn Signs
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA Christmas Day (12/25) Open House and Supper

Dear Haberdites!

Among our merry band of Mischief Makers, no one is ever truly a Lost Soul! And on Christmas Day most of all (not counting Mardi Gras, of course), we welcome the chance to hoist a glass together in celebration of the season. A last minute travel cancellation has opened the possibility of hosting the cherished all-afternoon Haberdashery Christmas Open House and a small evening feast in the Haberdashery's sacred hall.

A few friends will gather for dinner at around 5pm. If you do not have plans, or find yourself somewhat orphaned, you are very welcome to come join us! . . . please let me know and we will make a special place for you at the table! Otherwise, we invite Haberdites of all ages and beliefs to wander by during the day for a long or short visit to exchange some Christmas cheer, share a Nog, and then be on your way . . . just like Old Saint Nick!

December 25th
Open House: 12pm - 8pm
Dinner: 5pm (Please RSVP via email or text by midnight on Christmas Eve so I can get the numbers close)

Merry Christmas to you all!!!

Los Cabañeros 

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority! 

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to December 4th, 2003; CAYA; Knee Deep in the Glög!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Cocquetiers and Alaska Martini Season !

Dear Lost Souls,

We have no doubt that Santa's list, well researched and twice checked as it is, will be compiled from peer reviewed data that definitively establishes whether you have been naughty OR nice. And while the interpretation of said data might ultimately have grave impacts on the character of your stocking contents on Christmas morning . . . we at the Haberdashery want to assure you that it will not in the least impact the contents of your Friday evening cocquetier.  We are not ones to judge! 

Oh yes, my Haughty Haberdites, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . and in a tradition that is as old as the Haberdashery itself, this week we toast the culmination of another jolly season with Alaska Martinis . . . a cocktail that is as colorful as Christmas itself, and as refreshing as a ride in a one horse open sleigh . . . a perfectly balanced alchemical masterpiece as sure as Rudolph's nose to lead your sweetheart beneath the mistletoe  . . . the rest is up to you!

As always, cocktails will served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Yuletide chestnut roast . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to December 12th, 2002; CAYA; Alaska II - The Final Shakedown
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Holiday Hoe Hoe Hoe

Dear Lost Souls,

The Holidays are upon us! . . . Oh and in this season of danger and mirth, what paths of fear and trepidation we hoe? With this year's Black Friday body count, the crap shoot of holiday travel, the existential pitfalls of a meaningful New Year's resolution, and the prospect of staring down the barrel of your Uncle Leo's enlightened political rhetoric, what is a wayward elf left to do but take solace in the offerings of a reliable and potent round of XXXmas cocktails . . . just to take the edge off . . . and so sleep, my pagan prince of princes.

Yes, my Rambunctious Reindeer! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening, and though the Bay Area has been in the midst of an extraordinary seasonal chill, the Haberdashery's hallowed halls have retained their toasty and inviting character . . . your nipples are safe with us!

As always, cocktails will served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening holiday hoedown . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to December 18th, 2003; CAYA; Santa is a Ho
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Damn the Torpedoes . . . Happy Holidays! (early/late start)

Dear Lost Souls,

The Boyz are back in town! . . . and in our absence our blushing neighborhood has birthed a new and refreshing venue: The Torpedo Room; a Sierra Nevada Brewery small batch tasting room . . . oooh, the extensive research we will do! To celebrate this promising addition to the local landscape, and to also dutifully and selflessly support our distinguished neighbors, this week we will begin CAYA with a 7pm to 8pm christening visit to the Torpedo Room (just around the corner at 2031 4th Street), and then march in merry procession (at 8pm when the Torpedo Room closes) . . . with a selection of gallon growlers in hand! . . . to the Haberdashery's sacred halls  . . . where in our absence, Haberdashery elves will have dutifully prepared our temple sanctuary with the traditional vestments and accoutrements. We invite you to meet us at your convenience at either location . . . as the holiday spirit moves you!

Yes, my Bellicose Brewmeisters! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening, and what better way to celebrate the end of Hanukkah and the beginning of the Advent Season than with the toast of a frosty small-batch local brew! . . . a non-secular joy on which we can all agree!! It's the Haberdashery's way of spreading peace on earth!

Sooooo, on this occasion, cocktails will served at 8:00pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening holiday soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to December 6th, 2001; CAYA; Drink Early - Beat the Rush
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/ 

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: 510.229.2970

Dear Lost Souls,

Always doing our best to keep your CAYA experience fresh and properly chilled, the Haberdashery will be temporarily relocating operations for the next two weeks to Pioneertown, California, on beautiful Skyline Ranch Road. The air is thinner . . . but that just makes the Cocktails go down that much smoother!

Yes, my Denizens of Dune, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . albeit in a breathtaking new location! . . . where our good friend Rocco will be guest hosting at his picturesque place in the Yucca Valley. If you are interested in coming out for the evening and need directions, just respond to this email or drop me a line at gdelaune@theaup.com, and I will send you more precise directions. We are about 2hrs outside of LA.

ALSO THIS WEEK:
Check out our own Chip Sullivan's "Cartooning the Landscape" Exhibition
Reception: Thursday, November 21, 5-9pm
Art + Design Center, UC Berkeley Extension
95 Third Street, San Francisco

As always, cocktails will served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening desert adventure . . . or linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to November 14th, 2002; CAYA; A Toast to Gardners! (this is a repeat from last week . . . but a hat tip to Rocco! . . . whose last name is Gardner!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

CAYA; John Stewart exposed as part of a vast left wing Nordic Conspiracy!

Dear Lost Souls,

After a laughably clumsy coverup of Canadian proportions, unnamed sources have revealed that the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto, The Honorable Rob Ford, is actually a paid operative for the the mock news series, The Daily Show, with John Stewart. Stewart, himself a shameless suckler on the hot mic teet, was caught on microphone commenting, "with Ford on our staff, this show practically writes itself . . . I just show up and read the copy". Further investigation has revealed that this Theatre of idiocy actually extends across much of the northern and western hemisphere to include truthy contributors from Alaska and Minnesota, where for years key politicians in these states (classified by many as parts of Canada, eh!) have been secretly supplying Stewart raw uncut material with a astronomically high comedic street value . . . setting Republican Party policy, evaluating the effectiveness of universal healthcare, and deftly explaining the subtle details of American history. Ted Cruz and Rick Perry, additional 'persons of interest' in the expanding Daily Show investigation could not be reached for comment due to crippling cases of 'foot in the mouth' syndrome.

Yes, my Cantankerous Canucks, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . and in celebration of Rob Ford's triumphant crusade to become the most outspoken politician in North American history, the Haberdashery will host a special crack smokin', p%$$@ eatin', 'all you can drink' celebration to toast in the dawning of another endless holiday season. Christmas comes but once a year . . . but political wingnuts, degenerate mayors, and extremist nut job windbags are the precious gifts that keep on givin' . . . all year round!

As always, cocktails will served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening curling match . . . or to linger 'til the spring thaw! . . . eh!?

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to November 14th, 2002; CAYA; A Toast to Gardners!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/
 
The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: 510.229.2970